Parcel-post envelop.



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PARCEL POST ENVELOP APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 191+.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

MM WM M a GHRISTEN U. T'HIESENflbF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.

PARCEL-POST ENVELOP.

Lit-7.927.

Application filed April 13, 1914.

To all whom 2'2. may concern:

Be it known that I. CHRIs'rEN U. THIESEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Pensacola, in the county of Escambia and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parcel-Post Envelops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to package ties especially adapted for use in the mails and has for its purpose to provide a device whereby an article sent by parcel post, and its identifying letter, may be forwarded and delivered as one and the same piece.

By the present parcel post system a package and its respective letter are carried as two separate and distinct pieces, and by reason of their class difference, as determined by the postal schedule, it usually happens that the package arrives at its destination considerably later than the letter, and this occasions confusion, especially with those who receive heavy mails. Moreover, it is unsatisfactory in that the mail' carrier is obliged to make two trips where but one would suffice.

In consideration of the recent order of the postal authorities allowing a package and its accompanying letter to be connected and carried as one piece, this invention provides a means whereby both letter and package may be secured in a manner permitting of convenient handling from the time of mailing to delivery; which may be applied in an easy manner; and which will greatly improve the present facilities of the parcel post system.

Nith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which similar reference symbols indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure 1 illustrates a parcel and letter secured together by the device and ready for mailing. Fig. 2. is a transverse sectional view, thereof taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 8 illustrates another application of Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 831,571.

the invention, or where the parcel is smaller than its accompanying letter.

Referring to the construction in detail, A designates an ordinary package having the parcel post stamps B applied thereto in the usual manner, and C designates the envelop of the letter which is to be transmitted with and as a part of the package. The letter C is likewise stamped with the required postage as at D.

The parcel A is tied up or secured by a strand or cord 1, which is wound about the same after the ordinary manner of tying packages, but preferably the string is arranged about the package with its lengths crossing at a point centrally of the package, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The letter C is provided with a plurality of tabs 2, formed preferably of folded pieces of paper, and fitting over the edges of the letter as shown; Said tabs are located preferably on the side and bottom edges of the letter for simplicity and to better adapt the same for receiving the tying cord 1 of the package A. An eyerivet 3 passes through the two folds of each tab and the body of the letter, and is upset at its respective ends as with eyelets of this kind. Bv thus securing the tabs to the letter a rigid structure is obtained for engaging the tying cord 1 and thus securely holding the letter against displacement from its accompanying package in the process of handling the mail. The tabs not only serve to reinforce the ends of the envelop, but also serve as ears which may be used to tear open either end, or the bottom, of the envelop without disturbing the contents thereof. Moreover these tabs leave a clear space next the side and ends of the envelop, which may be cut or ruptured without injuring the contents of the same.

The letter is held flat against the package b by the crossing cords, and in this manner the one address ap caring on the letter envelop serves as well f dr carrying the package.

In the manner shown in Fig. 3, the parcel E, which is smaller than the letter C, is secured against the back of the letter envelop and held by the tying cord 4, which in this instance, passes through the eyelets of the tabs 5 attached to the envelop and is then wound or connected to the parcel by the In this instance the address on the letter likewise serves for carrying the parcel, but it is 10 claim.

I claim: I An envelop adapted to be attached topackages, provided with reinforcing tabs bent over to reinforce both the top, bottom and edges of the envelop, the ends of said tabs 'being' fastened together with eyelets, said Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. G. v

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